"Investing in
freight rail infrastructure makes businesses more competitive and pays huge
economic dividends for communities," Governor Rendell said. "These
investments will help businesses safely and efficiently handle more freight
which would otherwise travel by truck on our already congested highways and
bridges."

The program includes:

Allegheny County:

•Allegheny Valley Railroad Company --
$1.4 million to reconstruct and replace track, replace the main
line turnout and install crossties.

• Pittsburgh and Ohio
Central Railroad -- $1.3 million to bring out-of-service tracks in the Scully
Yard back into service, increasing yard capacity, and rehabilitate the west
yard and bring 1,200 feet of track on Neville Island back into service.

Montour County: United
States Gypsum -- $1.6 million to build 10 industrial tracks at the company's
new Washingtonville site for unloading raw materials and shipping out finished
Sheetrock Brand products. The work includes 26,000 feet of track, including 11
switches.